Avocado Toast
This is a great breakfast or lunch. Healthy fat helps keeps your hunger in check throughout the day.
This is a great breakfast or lunch. Healthy fat helps keeps your hunger in check throughout the day.
This is a great side dish or can be a main dish if added to a large vegetable salad.
Napa cabbage is a great variety to use in cooked and raw dishes. The combination of kale and Napa cabbage is colorful and delicious.
Eat primarily plant-based foods. Replace red meat with plant-based proteins, such as beans and legumes often. Eat seafood at least three times per week. Include fatty fish, such as mackerel and salmon. Avoid fried fish. Eat white-meat poultry, such as turkey and chicken, at least twice a week.
Choose olive oil . Replace solid fats (e.g., butter and margarine) and other oils with olive oil. Use olive oil for cooking, in dressings and marinades. Aim to consume at least 4 tablespoons per day, while keeping within your calorie budget.
Get at least two servings (cups) of fruits per day. Choose a variety of colors.
Get at least three servings (cups) of vegetables per day. Choose a variety of colors and eat more of the dark green, leafy vegetables such as collards, kale, spinach, and turnip greens.
Choose at least three ounces (3 small handfuls) of nuts and seeds per week, while keeping within your calorie budget. Avoid candied, honey-roasted and heavily salted nuts and seeds.
Limit your sugar intake (e.g. sugar-sweetened snacks, candies, desserts, beverages, etc.) to no more than 3 servings per week.
This is an example of a recipe that can be made literally hundreds of ways. Add one or two vegetables, one or two fruits, a grain, a bean, and dress with citrus vinaigrette. This recipe uses avocado and orange. You could use cucumber, tomato, onion, or shredded squash – really any vegetable. For the fruit component, any citrus, mango, or pineapple works well. Choose any whole grain and any canned bean. This is a great way to use up leftover grains from other meals. This can be a side dish or served on top of a mixed green salad.
This one-pot meal is a great way to use leftover rice and/or chicken. You can use egg or shrimp instead of the chicken.